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Estrildids

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Species in this group

Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
Green Avadavat Amandava formosa
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae
Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
Angola Waxbill Coccopygia bocagei
Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata
Plum-headed Finch Emblema modestum
Painted Firetail Emblema pictum
Star Finch Emblema ruficauda
Red-eared Parrotfinch Erythrura coloria
Royal Parrotfinch Erythrura cyaneovirens
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch Erythrura hyperythra
Pink-billed Parrotfinch Erythrura kleinschmidti
Papuan Parrotfinch Erythrura papuana
Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii
Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina
Red-throated Parrotfinch Erythrura psittacea
Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
Tricoloured Parrotfinch Erythrura tricolor
Green-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura viridifacies
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
Anambra Waxbill Estrilda poliopareia
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
African Silverbill Euodice cantans
Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
Black-tailed Waxbill Glaucestrilda perreini
Cinderella Waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis
Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
Pictorella Munia Heteromunia pectoralis
Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Chad Firefinch Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
Mali Firefinch Lagonosticta virata
Madagascar Munia Lepidopygia nana
Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
Grey-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps
Chestnut-breasted Munia Lonchura castaneothorax
White-capped Munia Lonchura ferruginosa
Yellow-rumped Munia Lonchura flaviprymna
New Ireland Munia Lonchura forbesi
Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
Grand Munia Lonchura grandis
Mottled Munia Lonchura hunsteini
Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides
White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca
Bismarck Munia Lonchura melaena
Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca
Snow Mountain Munia Lonchura montana
Grey-crowned Munia Lonchura nevermanni
Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
Five-coloured Munia Lonchura quinticolor
Hooded Munia Lonchura spectabilis
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
Black Munia Lonchura stygia
Black-breasted Munia Lonchura teerinki
Grey-banded Munia Lonchura vana
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
White-spotted Munia Mayrimunia leucosticta
Streak-headed Munia Mayrimunia tristissima
Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
Red-browed Firetail Neochmia temporalis
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons
Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus
Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Timor Sparrow Padda fuscata
Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora
Locustfinch Paludipasser locustella
Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni
Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei
Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda
Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta
Masked Finch Poephila personata
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
Red-faced Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
Red-billed Pytilia Pytilia lineata
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
Grey-headed Silverbill Spermestes griseicapilla
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys
Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
Red-eared Firetail Stagonopleura oculata
Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
Southern Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus

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